| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to higher education |
| Jan 21, 2015 |
referred to higher education |
Senate Bill S2030
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Higher Education Committee
Actions
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires the education commissioner to establish standards requiring that one hour of the three hours of coursework or training required of certain specified health care professionals regarding the identification and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment include information regarding the relationship between child abuse and domestic violence and the identification of behavioral and physical indicators of domestic violence.
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2030
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to
training regarding domestic violence
PURPOSE OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to expand existing educational mediums to
include training of medical professionals in the recognition of the
physical and behavioral indicators of domestic violence and elder
abuse.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of the bill would amend paragraph (a) of subdivision 3 of
6507 of the Education Law, as amended by Chapter 356 of the laws of
2006 to include additional requirements to the ones set forth in (a).
§ 6507(3) (a) as amended in 1989 mandates that medical professionals
who are covered under the mandatory child abuse reporting law receive
two (2) hours of coursework or training regarding the identification
and reporting of child abuse and maltreatment. This bill would add a
third hour to that two hour course, and mandate that third hour be
spent discussing the identification of the symptoms of domestic
violence and elder abuse.
JUSTIFICATION:
2015-S2030 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
2030
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 21, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to training regarding
domestic violence
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 6507 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by chapter 554 of the laws of 2013, is amended to
read as follows:
a. Establish standards for preprofessional and professional education,
experience and licensing examinations as required to implement the arti-
cle for each profession. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
commissioner shall establish standards requiring that all persons apply-
ing, on or after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, initially,
or for the renewal of, a license, registration or limited permit to be a
physician, chiropractor, dentist, registered nurse, podiatrist, optome-
trist, psychiatrist, psychologist, licensed master social worker,
licensed clinical social worker, licensed creative arts therapist,
licensed marriage and family therapist, licensed mental health counse-
lor, licensed psychoanalyst, dental hygienist, licensed behavior
analyst, or certified behavior analyst assistant shall, in addition to
all the other licensure, certification or permit requirements, have
completed [two] THREE hours of coursework or training regarding the
identification and reporting of child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. The coursework or training shall be obtained from an
institution or provider which has been approved by the department to
provide such coursework or training. The coursework or training shall
include information regarding the physical and behavioral indicators of
child abuse [and], maltreatment, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE and the statutory
reporting requirements set out in sections four hundred thirteen through
four hundred twenty of the social services law, including but not limit-
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06065-01-5
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